What is the beauty of Android?

Question

Android

What was the key moment for you in the decision to choose a smartphone with Android inside?

Answer 1

The name is cool.))

Answer 2

Hi's fast.
it is highly customizable.
it grew out of Linux.
it is supported by google.
it is easy to update.
he's just cool.

Answer 3

Device price.
Their wide selection.
Functionality.
The prospect of software updates even with the loss of interest from the manufacturer.

Answer 4

In the presence of cheap tubes under his control.

Answer 5

Price

Answer 6

Value Price\Quality\Number of applications.
Now there are five operating systems on the market - Android, Bada, iOS, Symbian, WM (WP7).
Symbian looks like a C grade, applications for it do not spin very fast (besides, there are few of them).
I did not use Bada, but I heard about a way to install pirated applications (hemorrhoids). In addition, the platform is not very popular.
WM brake, WP7 has not yet gained a critical mass of applications (the same skype and ICQ).
I thought for a long time whether to take the iPhone 4 or HTC Desire HD (the difference of seven thousand is not very big, in principle), I settled on HTC, bribed the screen size, all other things being equal in the number of applications (now they make it for Android and iPhone), the appearance of the operating system and phone itself. The only negative is the battery, it eats like crazy.

Answer 7

The fact that with the right approach it is impossible to lose data. Contacts, sms, calls - in Google. Well, and so on.
In general - a pleasant OS, everything is logical, everything is at hand. Especially if you use something like Launcher Pro or your native home screen, and not any HTC Sense or Samsung's terrible product.

Answer 8

I had a slightly different approach to choosing. The main goal was not an android, but a monoblock with a qwerty keyboard and a touch screen. There really wasn't much of a choice here. Acer e130, a budget, not very successful device, but in a form factor that is convenient for me. By the way, in the same form factor they promised to release the second Google phone - Kogan Agora, which was canceled a little before reaching the release in early 2009.
Of the benefits, this is almost complete freedom in customizing the interface for yourself, as it used to be in WM.
Lots of free software.
Software more or less in the same style.
Well, actually this is the only, IMHO, migration option from WM-devices.

Answer 9

I have had a Samsung Galaxy S (GT-I9000) for almost a year now. Before him, he used the iPhone 3G for two years. Comparing these two platforms, I can note the pluses:
1. Expandable memory (microSD up to 32Gb).
2. Standard micro-USB for communication with PC.
3. Freedom from special software like Tuna (there is a flawed analogue from the manufacturer - KIES, but I feel good without it).
4. Deep integration with Google services (I have an address book and calendars and other stuff stored there).
5. Ability to modify the interface for yourself.
I bought with "Eclair" 2.1, at the beginning of the year, Samsung finally gave birth to "Yogurt" 2.2.1, without waiting for the official firmware for Russia, put "Ginger" 2.3.3. With each new firmware, the device eats less and less battery, the interface works faster and smoother.

Answer 10

For me, the first priority was that, judging by what I was able to find out about it before buying my first smartphone, it is completely customizable and there is something to dig into, unlike ios. + A sort of halo of "geek". Symbian / wm / bada - did not consider it fundamentally.
I admit honestly, for all six months of possession, I didn’t have to customize anything and tinker with anything, there was neither need nor desire. I just used it as a phone, but I used a couple of programs from the market, well, like skype and google-sky-map + iridium flares. Actually, now I opened the list of my installed applications, so these three are almost everything that I installed additionally :)
Not so long ago I bought an apple4 for my brother in Hong Kong (19t.r for 16GB, new, in an appleshop), and for a week while I had it - i loved it so much, why - a separate question and there will be no answer for it here, if not ask, because offtopic :) Right now I'm getting ready to buy an apple5 for myself. iTunes, of course, is shit [at least in the PC version, I never had a chance to work with a poppy], but I agree to be patient, because I, in fact, do not listen to music at all.
I hope you had at least a little interest in reading my morning corral :)

Answer 11

And high-power batteries are a panacea for android? I want an HTC Sensation or a new iPhone, I haven't decided what to buy yet.

Answer 12

You can always change your phone to a more advanced one, but stay surrounded by familiar Android programs. No need to customize anything, get used to it.
Only when you change your phone, you need to remember to stop converting movies, because HD is already pulling native hardware.

Answer 13

The main reason is the synchronization of contacts.

Answer 14

1. Variety of devices. You want a big screen, you want a small one. LCD, amoled screens, qwerty keyboards, rugged cases, in general, there is a choice of what you like.
2. Standard interfaces. microusb, no itunes needed, works in hotspot mode, modem, etc.
3. Less hemorrhoids with objectionable applications that duplicate something there, copy, etc.
4. Different launchers and widgets for your desktop. IMHO more convenient than a bunch of icons.
5. Iphone is often taken for show off, without thinking about its capabilities as a smart phone (well, except for a couple of toys). In general, all this mess with how people rush with Apple devices is annoying.
6. Integration with Google, a good application for Gmyla with synchronization.
7. Convenient notifications. At the time of choice, the iphone did not have this.

Answer 15

And I will tell you about my sad experience. Six months ago, I didn’t even think about buying a smartphone, but suddenly the Galaxy S caught my eye, and I was freaked out by the screen and the possibilities, I realized that this is exactly the future that was described in old science fiction novels, and this future is passing me by. I decided to take it, it was very scary to take it without growth (the first smartphone after all). Paid crazy money for it. As a result, six months later, I can say that I’m not sure if it’s Android, or Galaxy S, or specifically my handset (I didn’t have to hold others in my hands), but there are so many lags in the interface and its unresponsiveness (the touch buttons at the bottom often work after a second only, but there are and slower, and the device freezes tightly) for a cashier bucks - this is a swindle in my opinion. Well, the battery, of course, is also very upsetting.
ps: I tried different firmwares, all kinds of lagfixes too.
pps: regarding the battery - wifi, synchronization, data transfer, gps - all this was always disabled by default, with the help of seepu the load on the processor was monitored and who creates this load, so the left gluttonous applications were immediately unloaded
but despite all this I love android for its functionality and its capabilities, for the fact that there is practically a computer in your pocket, unlike an apple. I’m thinking of taking another smartphone in September, but I don’t know which one. In the direction of android I look with caution now